]]>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/25/5537569/2-men-1-woman-victims-in-charlotte.html#storylink=rss http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/25/5537569/2-men-1-woman-victims-in-charlotte.htmlWed, 25 Feb 2015 13:54:33 EST1 of the victims was reportedly a contestant on ?America?s Next Top Model,? multiple media outlets were reporting. The suspect was also one of three people charged in a Matthews…

]]>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/24/5536530/south-carolina-closing-2nd-minimum.html#storylink=rss http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/24/5536530/south-carolina-closing-2nd-minimum.htmlTue, 24 Feb 2015 20:32:11 ESTIn a news release, Corrections Director Bryan Stirling said the agency would close the Coastal Pre-Release Center effective April 1. The 124 inmates there now will be moved to another…

]]>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/24/5536477/police-three-dead-in-northern.html#storylink=rss http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/24/5536477/police-three-dead-in-northern.htmlWed, 25 Feb 2015 06:37:19 ESTCharlotte-Mecklenburg police found three people dead inside a home in north Charlotte late Tuesday.

]]>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/24/5536060/accused-former-orange-county-scout.html#storylink=rss http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/24/5536060/accused-former-orange-county-scout.htmlTue, 24 Feb 2015 16:16:38 ESTA former Orange County Boy Scout leader has been released into his mother?s custody in Matthews while awaiting trial on federal pornography charges.

]]>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/23/5534358/catawba-county-authorities-say.html#storylink=rss http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/23/5534358/catawba-county-authorities-say.htmlMon, 23 Feb 2015 17:58:49 ESTThe Catawba County Sheriff?s Office said a Claremont homeowner shot and killed an intruder at his home Tuesday.

]]>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/23/5534072/us-attorney-anne-tompkins-leaving.html#storylink=rss http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/23/5534072/us-attorney-anne-tompkins-leaving.htmlMon, 23 Feb 2015 19:28:36 ESTU.S. Attorney Anne Tompkins, who sent Charlotte’s mayor to prison and helped carve out a multibillion-dollar settlement with BofA over mortgage fraud, announced she is leaving office.

]]>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/23/5533637/catawba-county-deputies-investigating.html#storylink=rss http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/23/5533637/catawba-county-deputies-investigating.htmlMon, 23 Feb 2015 10:26:26 ESTCatawba County deputies are on the scene of a shooting that happened Monday morning at a home north of Claremont, a 911 dispatcher confirmed.

]]>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/22/5531426/man-charged-with-impersonating.html#storylink=rss http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/22/5531426/man-charged-with-impersonating.htmlMon, 23 Feb 2015 08:36:28 ESTA York man is facing charges of impersonating a police officer after he used a store's loss prevention badge to pull a woman over while claiming to be a state…

]]>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/22/5532704/woman-77-found-stabbed-to-death.html#storylink=rss http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/22/5532704/woman-77-found-stabbed-to-death.htmlSun, 22 Feb 2015 21:33:56 ESTA 77-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in her bed Sunday afternoon, according to authorities in Lincoln County.

]]>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/22/5531714/authorities-4-shot-at-nightclub.html#storylink=rss http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/22/5531714/authorities-4-shot-at-nightclub.htmlSun, 22 Feb 2015 15:34:36 ESTAuthorities say four people were wounded in an early morning shooting at a nightclub in Charleston County.

]]>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/21/5530144/for-years-craig-stephen-hicks.html#storylink=rss http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/21/5530144/for-years-craig-stephen-hicks.htmlSat, 21 Feb 2015 21:27:11 ESTCraig Stephen Hicks, accused of murdering three students, had been monitoring use of his parking space for years in the Chapel Hill Finley Forest complex.

]]>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/21/5530281/ronald-carnes-behind-bars-41-years.html#storylink=rss http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/21/5530281/ronald-carnes-behind-bars-41-years.htmlSat, 21 Feb 2015 19:34:35 ESTRonald Carnes escaped prison in 1973 and avoided detection for four decades. Now the 69-year-old is back in a North Carolina prison, but relatives and friends say the time he…

]]>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/22/5529926/apparent-threat-prompts-protection.html#storylink=rss http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/22/5529926/apparent-threat-prompts-protection.htmlSun, 22 Feb 2015 06:00:00 ESTThree public officials in Charlotte were placed under police protection last month after the FBI discovered their photographs in the cell of an inmate linked to gangs.

]]>http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/21/5529833/search-on-for-robber-of-alexander.html#storylink=rss http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2015/02/21/5529833/search-on-for-robber-of-alexander.htmlSat, 21 Feb 2015 18:05:06 ESTAlexander County sheriff?s investigators are asking for the public?s help in identifying who robbed the Bethlehem branch of Taylorsville Savings Bank on Friday.